Men's Lacrosse

Michaud Nabs First GNAC Weekly Award of Career

Posted: Apr 15, 2024

STANDISH, Maine – The Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) weekly accolades have been released and Saint Joseph's College graduate attack Xavier Michaud (Wales, Maine) has been selected as the GNAC Men's Lacrosse Player of the Week.

Michaud potted nine goals with two assists for 11 total points while picking up six ground balls in a pair of conference victories last week. The grad attack netted five goals with an assist in a 14-9 triumph over Dean College on Tuesday and added four goals and an assist in a 21-8 win over Regis College on Friday.

Surprisingly, the GNAC weekly honor is the first of Michaud's college career.

So far this spring Michaud has s cored 47 goals – including nine man-up markers - with six assists and 20 ground balls in 14 games. For his career, he has netted 128 goals and 34 assists for 162 points in 61 contests and ranks second in program history in goals and fifth in points.

Michaud currently leads the GNAC in man-up goals and ranks third in goals, fourth in shots on goal (70), eighth in shots (101), and ninth in total points (47).

Saint Joseph's (7-7, 4-3 GNAC) will play at Anna Maria College on Wednesday in a GNAC contest set to start at 5:00 PM.

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Founded in 1912 by the Sisters of Mercy in Portland, Maine, Saint Joseph’s College is Maine’s Catholic liberal arts college in the Mercy tradition. We are inclusive of all faiths, including no faith. The 474-acre campus, located on the shore of Sebago Lake in Standish, Maine offers more than 40 undergraduate programs and a Division III athletic program to a population of approximately 1,000 on-campus students. A pioneer of distance education since the 1970s, the College also provides online certificates and undergraduate and graduate degrees for thousands more working adults who reside in more than 20 other countries. In 2015 the College was selected by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching to receive its Community Engagement Classification, highlighting the College’s focus on community service throughout its mission and daily interactions within local, regional, and global communities. In 2018, Princeton Review recognized SJC as one of its “Green Colleges” for its sustainability initiatives. Learn more at www.sjcme.edu.